Winners 2023

Film 4 Fun Awards 2023

 

 

TORTO MARCIO - BEST SHORT MOVIE

Country: Italy
Director: Prospero Pensa
Screenwriter: Prospero Pensa

A young man parks in the disabled spot and is challenged by a woman: his explanation doesn't persuade her.

How far are they going in order to win the argument?

 

 

 

 

 

JAN AND KELLY AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN - BEST DIRECTOR

Country: Belgium
Director: Daphne Wellens
Screenwriter: Daphne Wellens

Jan en Kelly and everything in between is a short film about the ambiguous relationship between a director and an actress or an artist and his muse.

When Jan, filmdirector, receives the good news that his first feature project is green lit, his source of inspiration and lead actress, Kelly, falls in love.

With Vincent. Something that the actress has not yet shared with 'her director'. When Jan shows up at Kelly's door with champagne to celebrate that they are finally going to make a film, a confrontation occurs.

What follows is the first honest conversation between two extremely insecure souls. Anna Raadsveld, Bram Suijker and Ward Kerremans play the leading roles. Daphne Wellens, herself an actress, wrote and directed the film.

 

ONÁN - BEST SCREENPLAY

Country: Mexico
Director: Diego Toussaint Ortiz
Screenwriter: Diego Toussaint Ortiz

Tamara, a young nun, finds herself tempted to betray everything she's ever believed in when a vibrator magically appears at her doorstep.

Now, she will unconsciously subject her faith in God to a confrontation with a worthy opponent: The urge to have her first orgasm.

 

 

 

 

 

5 MORE MINUTES - AUDIENCE AWARD

Country: Romania
Director: Alberto Niculae
Screenwriter: Alberto Niculae

A young man with commitment issues gets trapped in a rollercoaster of peculiar events during the first night he sleeps with his girlfriend.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PARADOPING - SPECIAL MENTION

Country: Iran, Islamic Republic of
Director: Mohammad Reza Hassani Ranjbar
Screenwriter: Reza Fahimi

The football sports club is going to hold a talent competition for goalkeepers in the age group of 12 years.

A chubby boy, Ario, is trying to lose weight in the short time so that he is able to take part in the test.

His classmate, Farbod, who finds his position in danger decides to prevent Ario’s attending the test.

 

 

 

 

 

CANNIBAL CORP - SPECIAL MENTION

Country: Germany
Director: Thomas Bauer
Screenwriter: Tal Almog

Fight discrimination! - this is Stacey Park's slogan, a private investigator for social justice who is facing today one of the largest manufacturers of household appliances.